Capital Stunned By Appointments
The President impulsively names Frank Knox as Secretary of the Navy and Henry Stimson as Secretary of War as the GOP convention opens in Philadelphia. Knox and Stimson, long allied with administration foreign policy, trigger Senate surprise and broad debate on a potential war cabinet.
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Frank Knox
Navy
Henry L. Stimson
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Knox
Chicago Daily News
GOP
Stimson
Hoover
William Howard
Pan
Manchukuo
Harry Woodring
Senate
Woodring
Charles Edison
Edison
Democratic Party
New Jersey
Students of Government
White House
Ncting
Nsas Democrat
Gly-Cas Boosts Health Claims From Mr. Bledsoe in San Angelo
Mr A J Bledsoe of 1922 North Oak Street San Angelo Texas proclaims Gly-Cas improved digestion constipation and sleep greatly. He says gas reduced and kidneys stabilized after trying many remedies and credits Gly-Cas with renewed energy and appetite. Fox Drug Co distributes Gly-Cas locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Bledsoe
North Oak T
San Angelo
Texas
Mr. Bledsoe
Fox Drug Co
Amarillo Politician Lewis P. Fields Tours District
Lewis P. Fields of Amarillo, 18th district candidate, returned from campaign trips through Donley Hall Childress Cottle and Motley counties. He will visit Palmer Swisher Briscoe and nearby counties. He said the reception is encouraging and things are looking fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis P. Fields
Amarillo
Donley
Hall, Childress
Cottle
Motley
Palmer County
Swisher
Briscoe
County Agrees to Aid Hopper Fight with Poison Mixing
County commissioners approve aid in the grasshopper battle. At the request of County Agricultural Agent Frank Stubbs the court will furnish labor for mixing poison to combat the infestation.
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Hopper
Frank Stubbs
County Commissioners Court
Grand Jury Probes Bardosky Death and Skull Fracture
Amarillo officials probe the death of Robert Bardosky after an autopsy showed a skull fracture. Bardosky, a 45 year old carpenter and World War veteran, died hours after being found unconscious in an alley near Harrison and Tyler Streets. The grand jury investigates possible cause and circumstances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bardosky
Robert B. Bardosky
Justice of the Peace
J. D. Carrell
Alfred
Johnson
Harrison
Tyler
Rotary Anns Surprise Club Captures Amarillo Rotary
The Rotary Anns unexpectedly took over the Amarillo Rotary Club during a noon luncheon at the Amarillo Hotel. Mildred Buthker hosted as toastmaster roasting the club and ousting President Swede Tolzein. The event featured birthdays, music by Jim Farwell and daughter Margaret, and news that the 1941 convention will be in Denver with Levelland, Texas, placing third in attendance.
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Rotary Anns
Amarillo
Guy Carlander
Carlie Barnes
Rotary
Jim McKnight
Pest
Western Union
Jim Farwell
Margaret
Charley Crowe
Rotary International
Havana
Cuba
North
South America
Denver
Levelland
Texas
Mrs Martha Bair Dies in Amarillo at 74
Mrs Martha Ellen Bair died this morning at 7 at her son Clyde C Bair 3700 Van Buren Street Amarillo. She was 74 and had lived there 13 years. A member of Assembly of God Church she is survived by son Miles Everett Bair Alma Colorado two daughters Viola Hinman Fair Play Colorado and Georgia M Benjamin Vidal California with Benjamin at bedside Funeral arrangements are pending burial beside her husband in Liano Cemetery
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Martha Ellen Bair
Clyde C. Bair
van Buren Street
Georgia M. Benjamin
Vidal
Cal
Benjamin
Boxwell Brothers
Liano Cemetery
Mrs Ivy Wilkinson Burns Condition Reported Fairly Good
Mrs Ivy Wilkinson wife of a Potter County deputy sheriff is reported to be in fairly good condition at Northwest Texas Hospital after a gasoline ignition accident. She suffered burns to her arms and legs while her husband attempted to prime an automobile engine with gasoline.
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Ivy Wilkinson
Northwest Texas Hospital
Wilkinson
Potter County
H R Owen to Trial On Driving Charge
Amarillo mechanic H R Owen goes on trial in 47th district court on drunken driving charges and pleads not guilty. The case likely heads to a jury tonight.
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H. R. Owen
H.R. Owen
Amarillo
47Th District Court
Kiwanis Week Party Plans Are Complete
All is in readiness for the annual All-Kiwanis Week party of the San Jacinto Kiwanis Club tonight. Lloyd Boxwell, general chairman, reports the Amarillo Country Club dinnerdance at 7 30. Attending will be Kiwanians from Pampa Vega Sanford Wellington and other Amarillo clubs with Rev. Robert Boshen as principal speaker. Tickets sell for 1 and are available from Ira Stephenson Glenn Miller Joe Shields and George Kercher. Jimmie Griggs and his Orchestra will provide music for the dance.
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San Jacinto Kiwanis Club
Lloyd Boxwell
Civic Organizations
Amarillo Country Club
Pampa
Vega
Sanford
Wellington
Amarillo
Amarillo Kiwanis Clubs, Rev. Robert Boshen
Pampa Presbyterian Church
Pampa Kiwanis Club
Floyd Hissong
Ira Stephenson
Glenn Miller
Joe Shields
George Kercher
Jimmie Griggs
Buffalo Lake Band To Play Saturday Night Debut
The Buffalo Lake Nautical band will make its official debut Saturday at 9 o clock in the recreational hall of the Playground of the Southwest. Red Malin conducts the band with renowned Panhandle musicians. Dances are planned every Saturday with admission 50 cents per couple.
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Buffalo Lake Nautical Band
Southwest
Lake
Red Malin
Panhandle
Skipper Malin
Weather Data War Covers Bombing and Alliances
A wartime weather and combat briefing describes bomb damage as slight after a night of air raids. Nazis shift to attacking industrial zones while British air forces claim three bombers downed and targets in German bases, with Allied strikes on French airports. Italy reports raids on French bases and Mediterranean activity as US notes on Monroe Doctrine are seen as non provocative by German sources. Tokyo reports a navy ministry warning from June 20.
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France
Germany
United States
Americas
Mediterranean
North Africa
Italy
Italian Riviera
Sardinia
Bizerta
Toulon
Roosevelt Expected To Finish Economic Union Plan Today
President Roosevelt is to approve a draft plan for an economic union of the 22 Western Hemisphere nations including Canada. The program aims to marshal food and raw materials for an economic offensive against dictator nations and will be sent to the 20 sister republics and Canada for ratification after brief review.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Canada
Americas
Ruides
Sumner Welles
White House
Stephen T. Early
Cordell Hull
Commerce
Harry Hopkins
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau Jr
Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Dominion of
Farly
State Department
Two Ocean Navy Debate and Lyon Front Unfolds
Japanese officials warn against French Indo China aid to China while lobbying for a two ocean U S fleet to deter German Italian power. In Switzerland French lines collapse before German motorized columns reaching Lyon as Paris reorganizes and tests new tactics.
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United States
Japan
Great Britain
France
China
Macao Kanazawa
Navy Ministry
Pacific
Atlantic
Kanazawa
Foreign Office
Geneva
Lyon
ANZACS Reach Northern Port After Long Voyage
Thousands of Anzacs who sailed from Australia and New Zealand aboard liners crowded into a northern British port on June 20. They shouted for a chance to fight, arriving after crossing the seas without sighting German planes.
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Australia
New Zealand
British Isles
Jerry
British volunteers arrive in Britain after long voyage
Months of training in the Antipodes have bronzed and prepared the volunteers for battle to defend the British Empire. The khaki crowd cheered as transports arrived, with navy guards and diplomats present. Geoffrey Shakespeare spoke briefly while a soldier joked about Dickens. King George VI welcomed the group and affirmed the wartime purpose.
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Briish Empire
Cray
Geoffrey Shakespeare
Dominions
Shakespeare
Charles Dickens
Paris
United States
England
George VI
United Kingdom
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United Press Dispatches
Administration
War and Navy Departments
Alf M. Landon
Boston
Theodore Roosevelt
Rough Riders
356Th Field Artillery
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Taft
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Hull
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Sen
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Missouri
John FE. Miller
Arkansas
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Charles L. McNary
William H. King
Utah
Bennett Champ Clark
McNary
David TI. Walsh
Massachusetts
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Robert R. Reynolds
Ohio
Gly-Cas
Dixie Dice
The
Globe News
Panhandle-Plains
Miss Dice
Bert Levy's, Inc
City Drug Store
American Legion
Carpenters’ Union
Ed Bardosky
Caldwell
Tex
Rotary Anns Surprise Club
Martha Bair
Buffalo Lake
Weather Data War
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